We expect feminine wash to cause pH to remain the same after the experiment, but there is a possibility of change.

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We will randomly select a group of 120 women and measure their vaginal pH.

The four groups of women will use their assigned hygiene method, everyday for a month

Measure pH levels again after 30 days of treatment and compare to pre-treatment levels

We will randomly split the women into 4 groups, 30 in each

Group 1: no washing

Group 2: normal bar soap

Group 3: water

Group 4: feminine wash

The method of pH will be as follows: We will use the Hydroid strip (Micro Essential Laboratories, Brooklyn, NY.) After insertion of a sterile speculum the pHydrion strip was placed on the left lateral vaginal wall between the speculum blades until moistened and color change was immediately compared with the colorimetric scale and the measurement was recorded across a range of 3.0-5.5 in increments of 0.5 pH units. (2)